156 R. B. Shaw— On the G-halchah Languages. (Wakhi). [No. 2, 



Peefect. Pltipebeect. 



1. chilgeth-AK... I have desired 1. chilgettiw- am. I had desired 



2. chilgeth- at ... thou hast desired 2. chilgettiw -at. thou hadst desired 



3. cUlgetk he has desired 3. chilgettiw ... he had desired 



1. chilgeth-AK ... we have desired 1. chilgettiw- as we had desired 



2. chilgeth-AY ... ye have desired 2. chilgettiw -ay ye had desired 



3. chilgeth-AY . . . they have desired 3. chilgettiw- ay they had desired 



N.B.— Although the above are the regular forms, yet the personal 

 terminations of all Tenses referring to a Fast time are separable from the 

 verbal stem and may be placed in any previous part of the sentence, as has 

 bsen said. This is the more common usage. When they are thus placed 

 separately, the verb takes the form of the 3rd person singular of the tense 

 required. Thus instead of saying " wuz sa-tao-an chald-AM." (' I desired 

 from thee') it is more usual to say " wuz AM sa-tao-an chaldei " or " wuz 

 sa-tao-an am chaldei" So " tu hhoch at sa-maz-an chilgettiw " or " tu 

 Mibch sa-maz-an at chilgettiw" or "tu at hhoch sa-maz-an chilgettiw" 

 instead of " tu hhoch sa-maz-an chilgettiw- at " (' thou hadst desired bread 

 from me'). This cannot be considered an impersonal verb with an instru- 

 mental case as in Hindustani transitive past tenses, because we have here ■ 

 also a pronoun of the same person in the Nominative. 



THE CONDITIONAL MOOD. 



Peesejtt. 



Singular. 



1. chalgam (if) I desire 



■2. chalg-6 (if) thou desirest 



3. chal(g) d-o (if) he desires 



Plural. 



1. chalgan-6 (if) we desire 



2. chalgit-6 (if) ye desire 



3. chalgan-6 (if) they desire 



Peeeect. 

 Singular. 



1. chilgeth-hvimiam. ... (if) I had desired 



2. chilgeth-hiimui (if) thou hadst desired 



3. chilg eth-hiimixt (if) he had desired 



Plural. 



1. chilgeth-humixm ... (if) we had desired 



2. chilgeth-hixmuit . . . (if) ye had desired 



3. chilgeth-humiun . . , (if) they had desired 



